The Latina Book Club is celebrating Valentine’s & Galentine's Days all week long. Each day we will feature a new Latina romance author for your reading pleasure. Enjoy and remember to Read Latino Lit and Read Romance. DID YOU KNOW?! A true Romance Statistic: 84% of women read romance novels according to Nielsen. Women romance readers are between 30-54 years of age and some have been reading romance for over 20 years. Men read romances too -- 16% of them. Meet Priscilla Oliveras. She writes contemporary romance novels with a Latino flavor that are well-written and full of fun and welcoming characters. Priscilla is half Mexican; half Puerto Rican. It was her Dad – not a typo! – who introduced her to romance novels while they were waiting in a hurricane shelter in the Florida Keys. Viola! A devoted romance reader was born. Years later, while in college Priscilla decided to try h...